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Eye Care Leadership Live

Eye Care Leadership Live

Written by: Mike Lyons SPHR
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I speak with eye care and healthcare clinical leaders and the experts who help their clinics succeed.

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  • Mastering LinkedIn with Sheikh Ali (Episode 38)
    Jan 31 2026

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    Ever wonder how to get more engagement on LinkedIn?

    Sheikh Ali is here to debunk the myths of LinkedIn and help you get noticed and grow your presence. We touched on

    • The best times to post on LinkedIn
    • Why LinkedIn can help a doctor or executive
    • The best types of posts on LinkedIn

    Sheikh is the founder of SC Medical Media. He can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheikhali007/ or scmedicalmedia@gmail.com

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    This episode is brought to you by Seasoned Advice HR, where I help eye care clinics to hire, retain, and manage better — helping you get Better Results Through People. Learn more at seasoned-advice.com.

    Get my free HR and leadership downloads here: https://www.seasoned-advice.com/signup-for-free-downloads

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    32 mins
  • Four Leadership Books That Actually Change Teams (Episode 37)
    Jan 24 2026

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    Ever feel like your clinic is working hard but not quite working together? We dig into four leadership books that cut through the noise and give you practical frameworks for trust, culture, feedback, and recognition—tools you can use the same day you hear them.

    We start with Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage and its backbone, the Five Dysfunctions model. You’ll hear how trust enables productive conflict, how real debate leads to commitment, why peer accountability beats top-down policing, and how a focus on results keeps the team aligned. From hiring to meetings to strategy, we share how iCare leaders can translate these ideas into cleaner workflows and clearer goals.

    Then we hop on Jon Gordon’s The Energy Bus to talk culture, ownership, and direction. Leaders set the destination and decide who’s on the bus. We call out “energy vampires,” share ways to protect momentum, and explain how positivity paired with metrics powers patient flow, documentation, and staff morale. From there, we tackle tough conversations with Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, turning daily friction into calm, specific feedback that actually lands—observation, impact, need, and a clear request.

    Finally, we bring it home with The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman. Recognition is a retention strategy, not a perk. We break down words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, tangible gifts, and appropriate physical touch (think handshakes and high fives), with tips to match each to your team’s preferences while keeping boundaries and compliance in view.

    If you’re leading an ophthalmology or optometry team and want a stronger culture, smoother communication, and better results, this conversation is your playbook. Subscribe, share with a fellow leader, and leave a quick review to tell us which idea you’ll try first.

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    This episode is brought to you by Seasoned Advice HR, where I help eye care clinics to hire, retain, and manage better — helping you get Better Results Through People. Learn more at seasoned-advice.com.

    Get my free HR and leadership downloads here: https://www.seasoned-advice.com/signup-for-free-downloads

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    24 mins
  • Barbra Dey: Optimize Your Optical Department
    Jan 17 2026

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    Barbra Dey shared her knowledge to help optometrists and ophthalmologists to optimize the profits and patient experience in their optical department. We talked about
    - Leadership
    - The value of optical
    - How you view optical helps create your results (or lack thereof)
    - And more!

    Find Barbra at https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbra-dey/ and at https://deyophthalmicconsulting.com/


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    This episode is brought to you by Seasoned Advice HR, where I help eye care clinics to hire, retain, and manage better — helping you get Better Results Through People. Learn more at seasoned-advice.com.

    Get my free HR and leadership downloads here: https://www.seasoned-advice.com/signup-for-free-downloads

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    38 mins
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